Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-04
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Sun river is still booming.

u river Is Stlli booming. +
T. w. Murphy came down from his
ranch Thursday.
]. Mau, a well-known st. Paul travelling
man, is in the city.
Simon Hartman. a commercial man OF
Chicago, is at the Park.
Every hotel and clearinghouse in the
city is full to OVERLOOKING.
S. Y. V. Carter was expected in from
Benton on Fridays coach.
j. d. McIntire, the well-known civil en-
gineer, was in town Friday.
DR.. G. Beaupre of Crookston, Mimi, ar
rived in the city this week.
The Excelsior Meat Co. are shipping
meat to Fort Shaw and Chotean.
J.. Fl. Mcknight and Jas. Lemon left
for Sun River or Mondays coach.
J.P. Bond of Billings arrived in the
city Wednesday on the extra coach.
All our business men report a marked
increase in trade during the past week.
Strangers are arriving in the city at the
rate of from ten to thirty a day. Verify
the boom is coming apace.
DR.. F. B. Norris returned Friday from
quite a tour among the neighboring towns
| He reports a successful trip.
Mr. league of upper Sand CouIee, afte,
an absence of a year spent in Oregon and
Washington, returned home last week
James NJ. Austin of Ellendale, Oak.
arrived in Great Falls Sunday. Mr.
Austin is on attorney and will locate here
and practice his profession.
Mr.. Hughes has returned from Neihart
with good reports. He praises highly the
spirit and enterprise of the miners, who, he
! says, are all busy and hopeful.
= A little son about one week old is the
pet of Jerry VOLTS home. The little
stranger is we'll pleased with his sur.
Esoundings and proposes to remain.
E. A. Ringwald of st. Paul, a brother OF
Harry Ringwald of this place, arrived in
Benton Wednesday on the Judith, and wa
expected to arrive here on Fridays coach,
He will locate here.
An inebriated sheepherder, mounted on
a broncho and riding up and down the
pavement on Central avenue, attracted
some little attention early Friday morning.
Such proceedings u be done away
with.
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Monroe Salisbury of San Francisco was
in town this week. He is at the head of
the greatest and best equipped stage lines
in the United States. His stages formerly
made the trip from Helena to Fort Benton
in a day.
A. NJ. Hotter of Helena, n of the
leading citizens Of the territory, has been
in town several days the past week. Mr..
Hotter is prominently connected with
many great enterprises in Montana and
is noted for his enterprise and literally.
Gus. Semieur h~as..secured the contract
for building J.. Fl. Mcknight s. Co.'S.
building, and work will be begun on the
same this week. This structure, 3Ox100
and two stories high, will be one Of the
handsomest blocks in town when COM
| pleted. The firm will commence business
as soon possible. They have let the con
tract for the erection Of a large warehouse,
in which to store their stock of goods
which are now on the way.
The telegraph Ire has been down now
q week, greatly to the inconvenience of
our citizens and particularly SO to the
TRIBUNE. The fault is clearly blamable
upon the operator at Fort Shaw, who has
neglected to keep his line in repair. While
it is not supposed that operators are to act
as line repairers On irst-class lines, yet
such duties are assigned to tn N on the
Rocky Mountain line, and such being the
case, they should do their duty.